US makes final Israel-Hamas ceasefire push ahead of Election Day

U.S. officials are in the Middle East continuing their pursuit of an elusive ceasefire deal ahead of Election Day that would end Israel’s wars against Hamas and Hezbollah.

CIA Director William Burns, who has led the United States’s mediating efforts on the Israel-Hamas war, was in Cairo on Thursday to meet with Egyptian leaders, while President Joe Biden’s Middle East coordinator, Brett McGurk, and his envoy on the conflict with Hezbollah, Amos Hochstein, held talks in Israel.